On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:06:53 -0800, jps wrote:


Outsourcing is efficient for pedestrian applications.

Efficient to whom?
Sure as hell isn't efficient to the American who lost his job or the
American economy.
Maybe you haven't quite adjusted to the new reality yet.

Real
development of new products is best done under the watchful eye of
local managers.

Bull**** on a couple counts. Firstly, Indians can do it all. And
often speak better English while they're at it. And H1-B's can do
local management.
Secondly, management of projects requires skill and knowledge of what
is being managed, The best managers are those who have come up
through the ranks, and it's not coincidental they all start with
PEDESTRIAN applications. Those spawning ranks are disappearing.
You have to decide if you're on the side of business as usual or
a strong America.
You just posed 2 slippery slopes, and displayed the kind of thinking
that I've seen directly lead to your previous complaint of seeing only
H1-B's apply for work at your firm.

There's a lot of folks out there who'd be damned pleased with a
$40K/yr. job right now and it surely wouldn't require 6 years of
school. 2 - 4 at most.

But 40k jobs could then be termed "pedestrian."
And outsourced.

--Vic